Introduction to Web Design and Programming

22 Jan 2009 use the practical context of the WWW to introduce computer science concepts, such as the separation of content from presentation, type from instance and meta-data from data, and the issues of naming and privacy introduce software engineering issues, such as the development, maintenance and management of the storage, exchange and presentation of information enable students to present information in a way which is consistent with appropriate computer science principles, e.g. via XHTML web pages with CSS style sheets and basic Javascript support enable students to represent, store and query information in XML based formats, in a way which is consistent with appropriate computer science principles Present issues relating to formal languages and querying explain and discuss computer science and software engineering issues involved in the presentation of informationExamination describe, explain and use XHTML, CSS and Javascript as techniques for constructing web pagesContinuous Assessment, Examination explain and discuss computer science and software engineering issues in the representation, storage, exchange and querying of information using XMLExamination design XML structures to represent information and use appropriate tools to manipulate, transform or query such XML structuresContinuous Assessment, Examination

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3 hrs/week lectures, tutorials and exercise classes

35 1.5 hr examination (80%), continuous assessment (20%). By examination only with the continuous assessment carried forward.

The module introduces issues relating to the structuring, representation, storage, exchange and presentation of information, and the processing of such information using appropriate tools. Mark-up languages used in the world-wide web are used as examples.

The timetable given here is approximate.

Week 1: introduction to the module; introduction to XML Week 2: valid XML and DTDs Week 3: overview of XHTML Weeks 4-5: CSS Weeks 6-10: JavaScript _{JavaScript and Java} _datatypes _functions _equality _{scope and existence} _{events and event handling} _{creating objects} _{manipulating CSS} _{manipulating the HTML DOM} _AJAX Week 11: overview and conclusion Introduction to Web Design and Programming Paul Wang & Sanda Katila Thompson Course Technology 2003 Learning XML Erik Ray O'Reilly 2001 Programming the World Wide Web R W Sebesta Pearson 2006

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